[Sunday, March 1, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Sunday, March 1, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Monday, March 2, 2009] Space enthusiasts from across the United States and around the world are invited to submit questions about space shuttle Discovery's upcoming launch, its STS-119 mission to the International Space Station, and NASA space exploration.

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[Tuesday, March 3, 2009] A full-scale mock-up of NASA's Orion launch abort system began a week-long flatbed trailer ride across the country Tuesday, en route to White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.

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[Tuesday, March 3, 2009] The International Space Station Program has announced a change in how two future crew members will return home.

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[Tuesday, March 3, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Tuesday, March 3, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Thursday, March 5, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Thursday, March 5, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Sunday, March 8, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Sunday, March 8, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Sunday, March 8, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Sunday, March 8, 2009] NASA managers completed a review Friday of space shuttle Discovery's readiness for flight and selected the official launch date for the STS-119 mission.

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[Monday, March 9, 2009] NASA Television will air the launch of the next residents of the International Space Station and the return of the current station crew.

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[Monday, March 9, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Tuesday, March 10, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Tuesday, March 10, 2009] Internet visitors can now see the Earth as never before -- live from the International Space Station via streaming video, seven days a week.

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[Tuesday, March 10, 2009] NASA's Digital Learning Network is celebrating the launch of space shuttle mission STS-119. The crew of STS-119 includes two classroom teachers who were selected as astronauts in 2004.

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[Wednesday, March 11, 2009] The President of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) Steve MacLean will introduce the top 16 candidates remaining in the National Astronaut Recruitment Campaign during a news conference on Monday, March 16.

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[Wednesday, March 11, 2009] The need to shape a Canadian space policy is being addressed this week by a special roundtable of international experts meeting in Ottawa, a discussion that will focus on what is required to spur government action on space activities.

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[Wednesday, March 11, 2009] Miller's Select Crab will soon be heading for the International Space Station. Each astronaut is allowed a "bonus food allotment" to bring some of the comforts of home to outer space.

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[Wednesday, March 11, 2009] Salmonella bacteria research from two recent NASA space missions discovered key elements of the bacteria's disease-causing potential that hold promise for improving ways to fight food-borne infections on Earth.

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[Wednesday, March 11, 2009] NASA managers will hold a news conference no earlier than 6:30 p.m. EDT to discuss the status of space shuttle Discovery's launch to the International Space Station.

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[Wednesday, March 11, 2009] Discovery's launch to the International Space Station now is targeted for no earlier than March 15. NASA managers postponed Wednesday's planned liftoff due to a leak associated with the gaseous hydrogen venting system outside the external fuel tank.

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[Wednesday, March 11, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Wednesday, March 11, 2009] Astrogenetix, Inc., a subsidiary of the Astrotech Corporation today announced it is conducting novel pharmaceutical research aboard Shuttle Discovery (STS-119) on NASA mission 15A.

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[Thursday, March 12, 2009] Due to late notification, which was well beyond the timeline for maneuvering, a DAM (Debris Avoidance Maneuver) could not be performed. As a precaution, the three crewmembers withdrew to the Soyuz 17S capsule at 12:35pm.

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[Thursday, March 12, 2009] NASA managers will hold a news conference at 10:30 a.m. EDT on Friday, March 13, to discuss the status of space shuttle Discovery's launch to the International Space Station.

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[Friday, March 13, 2009] Repairs are under way on the Ground Umbilical Carrier Plate (GUCP) interface, where gaseous hydrogen leaked during Wednesday's launch attempt. The interface then will be retested and leak checked before Sunday's 7:43 p.m. launch attempt.

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[Friday, March 13, 2009] The final pieces of the Ares I-X flight test rocket left the Alliant Tech Systems manufacturing facility in Promontory, Utah, Thursday and began a 2,917-mile journey to its launch site at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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[Friday, March 13, 2009] NASA managers will hold a prelaunch news conference no earlier than 3 p.m. EDT on Saturday, March 14, to discuss the status of space shuttle Discovery's mission to the International Space Station.

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[Friday, March 13, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Saturday, March 14, 2009] NASA managers said Saturday that space shuttle Discovery is ready for Sunday's launch opportunity as repairs on a leaking gaseous hydrogen vent line are moving along smoothly.

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[Saturday, March 14, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Sunday, March 15, 2009] Space shuttle Discovery and its seven-member crew lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 7:43 p.m. EDT Sunday to deliver the final set of power-generating solar array wings and a new crew member to the International Space Station.

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[Sunday, March 15, 2009] Mount Everest is calling me again. A week from today I will begin to answer that call, my first step being a very long flight to Katmandu.

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[Monday, March 16, 2009] Today, CSA introduced the Top 16 candidates who are participating in the Agency's National Astronaut Recruitment Campaign. This announcement provides insight into the process of selecting the next two members of Canada's Astronaut Corps.

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[Monday, March 16, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Monday, March 16, 2009] Discovery blasted off Sunday on the first shuttle flight of the year, lighting up the skies along the Eastern seaboard on a mission to deliver a fourth and final set of U.S. solar arrays that will put the International Space Station into full-power status

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[Monday, March 16, 2009] The astronauts on board space shuttle Discovery plan a day of orbiter inspection on their way to deliver a new set of solar arrays to the International Space Station.

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[Monday, March 16, 2009] Since there have been a number of changes to the mission, for John's Transfer Prep time today we wanted to give you this big picture of the impact to the transfer plan.

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[Monday, March 16, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Underway: Week 21 of Increment 18.

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[Monday, March 16, 2009] Space Shuttle Discovery's first full day in space focused on an up close inspection of its wing leading edge panels using the robotic arm and Orbiter Boom Sensor System extension.

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[Tuesday, March 17, 2009] The astronauts on space shuttle Discovery are primed for rendezvous and docking operations that will link their ship to the International Space Station this afternoon and deliver a new crew member.

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[Tuesday, March 17, 2009] The FD02 MMT met briefly to review mission progress with only a few items of discussion. Discovery is performing very well and the team is looking forward to a great mission.

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[Tuesday, March 17, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. 15A Docking Day.

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[Tuesday, March 17, 2009] Hatches between space shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station are open and the astronauts are assembling in the Harmony module for the welcoming ceremony.

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[Tuesday, March 17, 2009] Challenger Center for Space Science Education is thrilled to see Christa's dreams fulfilled by former science and math teachers Joe Acaba and Ricky Arnold who are now officially "Educator Astronauts" in orbit.

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[Tuesday, March 17, 2009] Discovery docked with the International Space Station at 4:20 p.m. CDT, delivering the final truss segment and pair of U.S. solar arrays and a new crew member to take up residence aboard the growing orbital scientific complex.

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[Wednesday, March 18, 2009] John & Ricky: You did very well on your first day of transfer, and we were happy to see downlink video of some of those bags traveling across the hatch!

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[Wednesday, March 18, 2009] Flight Day 4 (FD4) of STS-119/15A. First full day of Koichi Wakata as new crewmember (FE-2) of Expedition 18. ISS crew work cycle today: Wake 8:45am EDT; sleep 11:45pm (until 8:15am tomorrow morning).

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[Wednesday, March 18, 2009] A busy day in orbit for the crews of Space Shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station has set the stage for another station assembly task - the installation of the final truss segment and American solar power panels.

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[Thursday, March 19, 2009] A big power boost for the International Space Station comes today with the installation of the last set of U.S. solar arrays during the first spacewalk of this flight of space shuttle Discovery.

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[Thursday, March 19, 2009] John & Ricky, You accomplished more excellent work yesterday and are transferring at a very good pace. Thanks so much for making it seem easy!

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[Thursday, March 19, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Flight Day 5 (FD5) of STS-119/15A. ISS crew work cycle today: Wake 8:15am EDT; sleep 11:15pm (until 7:45am tomorrow morning).

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[Thursday, March 19, 2009] The Station's 335-foot-long truss, or backbone, is complete after astronauts aboard space shuttle Discovery and the station teamed with Mission Control to install the final 45-foot-long segment to the farthest starboard point of the station.

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[Friday, March 20, 2009] The International Space Station's new solar array wings will spread today, doubling the electric power available to conduct world-class science research in the laboratory modules supplied by countries from around the world.

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[Friday, March 20, 2009] Deployment of the S6 3B solar array wings resumed finished at 1:17 p.m. There were no difficulties encountered, the "ripple" area flattened out naturally and the crew and Mission Control report the array extended to its full length of 115 feet.

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[Friday, March 20, 2009] The FD05 MMT met briefly to review mission progress. The crew and Discovery continue to perform in an outstanding fashion.

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[Friday, March 20, 2009] Flight Day 6 (FD6) of STS-119/15A. ISS crew work cycle today: Wake 7:45am EDT; sleep 11:15pm (until 7:45am tomorrow morning).

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[Friday, March 20, 2009] Four pair of arrays were attached to the station in December 2000, September 2006, June 2007 and March 2009 bringing the total surface area to 38,400 square feet, or .9 acre. (1 acre = 43,500 sq ft)

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[Saturday, March 21, 2009] The second spacewalk of the first space shuttle mission of the year begins today on board a space station with two new solar array wings ready to start supplying electricity.

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[Saturday, March 21, 2009] Good Morning Discovery! ISS now looks like the artist renderings that we've been seeing for years. A day to celebrate!

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[Saturday, March 21, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Saturday, March 21, 2009] Steve Swanson and Joe Acaba floated out of the Quest airlock at 11:51 for the six hour, 30 minute spacewalk completing the highest priority tasks that included preparing a worksite for new batteries that will be brought up on the STS-127 mission.

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[Sunday, March 22, 2009] The astronauts on board space shuttle Discovery get a halftime break today as they reach the midpoint of the 13-day assembly mission to the International Space Station.

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[Sunday, March 22, 2009] Flight Day 8 (FD8) of STS-119/15A - ISS crew work cycle today: Wake 7:15am EDT; sleep 10:15pm (until 6:45am tomorrow morning). Sunday - another busy day for the Shuttle crew and CDR Fincke, FE-1 Lonchakov & FE-2 Magnus.

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[Sunday, March 22, 2009] Focus today aboard the International Space Station and space shuttle Discovery was on spacewalk preparations and tests of the urine recycling unit.

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[Monday, March 23, 2009] Readying the International Space Station for a larger crew by moving an equipment cart and completing the deployment of a cargo carrier will be the hub of today’s activities outside the station for the third and final spacewalk by Discovery's astrona

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[Monday, March 23, 2009] Swanny, Ricky and Joe, we have a lot of items in work to get you ready to go out the door for EVA3. Here is what we have so far.

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[Monday, March 23, 2009] John & Ricky, You are getting very close to completing transfer for the mission! There are still some requests coming in for more return items, so we will be keeping you busy over these last few days.

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[Monday, March 23, 2009] Flight Day 9 (FD9) of STS-119/15A - ISS crew work cycle today: Wake 6:45am EDT; sleep 9:45pm (until 6:15am tomorrow morning). Underway: Week 22 of Increment 18.

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[Monday, March 23, 2009] The ISS is ready for space shuttle Endeavour's STS-127 mission in a few months now that spacewalking astronauts have completed all of the mandatory tasks in preparation for its crew size growth to six and the addition of the Japanese exposed facility.

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[Monday, March 23, 2009] After a seven-day, 2,917-mile journey, a train carrying the four motor segments for the Ares I-X rocket arrived Thursday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The motor is the final hardware needed for the rocket's upcoming test flight this summer.

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[Tuesday, March 24, 2009] The crew members on board space shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station get a breather from a busy timeline today as they near the end of their joint docked operations and prepare their vehicles for undocking Wednesday.

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[Tuesday, March 24, 2009] Great job on EVA 3! You're almost ready to come home, but before you do, we have a few more tasks for you.

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[Tuesday, March 24, 2009] The 10 crew members aboard space shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station will hold a news conference at 1:08 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, March 24.

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[Tuesday, March 24, 2009] "NASA decided to hold an election to name its new room at the ISS and the clear winner is Stephen Colbert," said Fattah. "The people have spoken, and Stephen Colbert won it fair and square - even if his campaign was a bit over the top."

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[Tuesday, March 24, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Tuesday, March 24, 2009] Astronauts working outside the ISS used a device to detect how biological material may be spread in space. The experiment is a critical step in developing procedures to monitor and mitigate biological contamination in future missions to other worlds.

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[Tuesday, March 24, 2009] The crews of space shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station took a break today in and around transfer work ahead of Wednesday's farewell and undocking of the shuttle.

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[Tuesday, March 24, 2009] Well, thank you so much for taking the time to speak with us. We've got a crew of wonderful schoolchildren here who are all interested in space, and we've got some members of Congress who are like big kids when it comes to talking to astronauts.

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[Wednesday, March 25, 2009] After more than four months in space, astronaut Sandra Magnus takes the first step on the road home today when space shuttle Discovery undocks from the International Space Station.

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[Wednesday, March 25, 2009] During STS-126, the LDRI unit had occurrences of as much as 80 seconds of video loss during Late Inspection. The most noticeable occurrence happened during Port wing scan 1 when panel 8 and 1/2 of panel 9 were missed.

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[Wednesday, March 25, 2009] A full-scale mockup of NASA's Orion crew module is being tested in water under simulated and real landing weather conditions.

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[Wednesday, March 25, 2009] Flight Day 11 (FD11) of STS-119/15A --- ISS crew work cycle today: Wake 6:15am EDT; sleep 9:00pm (until 5:30am tomorrow morning).

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[Wednesday, March 25, 2009] After 129 days aboard the International Space Station, astronaut Sandy Magnus is headed back to Earth along with the Discovery astronauts, who spent nearly 10 days docked to the station.

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[Thursday, March 26, 2009] Space Adventures, Ltd. today announced that its orbital client Charles Simonyi and his crew successfully launched aboard a Soyuz-TMA spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan en route to the International Space Station.

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[Thursday, March 26, 2009] The 19th crew to live and work aboard the International Space Station launched into orbit Thursday morning from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, aboard a Soyuz spacecraft.

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[Thursday, March 26, 2009] A last inspection of the thermal protection system is the order of the day for the crew members on board space shuttle Discovery as they make their way home to Earth.

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[Thursday, March 26, 2009] Pre-landing comm checks at White Sands (WSSH) and Dryden (DFR) will occur today (one day early) due to timeline constraints.

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[Thursday, March 26, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Thursday, March 26, 2009] Discovery's crew is on its way home after today's final inspection of the thermal protection system, which began around 9:28 a.m.

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[Friday, March 27, 2009] The astronauts on space shuttle Discovery will spend today getting themselves and their ship ready to wrap up their mission with a Saturday afternoon landing at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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[Friday, March 27, 2009] NASA will showcase the next generation of spacecraft that will return humans to the moon in a day-long public event March 30 on the National Mall in Washington.

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[Friday, March 27, 2009] A full-size mockup of Orion is being tested in the water off the coast of Maryland. It weighs 18,000 pounds and will help the teams get a good idea of what happens both inside and outside the spacecraft after it lands in the ocean.

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[Friday, March 27, 2009] Fluid loading water for one Entry opportunity should be pulled today. Fluid loading for a one orbit waveoff is not required to be pulled until waveoff is declared.

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[Friday, March 27, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Friday, March 27, 2009] The two crews aboard the International Space Station will answer questions about their upcoming change of command in a news conference at 9:10 a.m. CDT, Wednesday, April 1.

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[Friday, March 27, 2009] The astronauts on space shuttle Discovery are preparing to spend what is planned to be their final night in orbit, with wake up set for 4:13 a.m. Saturday to ready for a 12:39 p.m. landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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[Saturday, March 28, 2009] Discovery's crew of seven is preparing for a 12:39 p.m. CDT landing today at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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[Saturday, March 28, 2009] Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Michael Barratt of the 19th International Space Station crew docked their Soyuz TMA-14 to the International Space Station at 9:05 a.m. EDT Saturday.

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[Saturday, March 28, 2009] ORBIT IS 189 X 181 NM (POST SIMPLEX BURN). DEORBIT DELTA V WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 339 FPS WITH AN OUT-OF-PLANE. THRUST ANGLE OF 23 DEG.

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[Saturday, March 28, 2009] Space shuttle Discovery landed at Kennedy Space Center completing its mission to the International Space Station.

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[Saturday, March 28, 2009] After boosting the International Space Station to full power, the seven member crew of Discovery returned to Earth today, threading the weather needle for a landing at Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

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[Sunday, March 29, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Sunday, March 29, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Sunday, March 29, 2009] Backdropped by the blackness of space and the thin line of Earth's atmosphere, the International Space Station is seen from Space Shuttle Discovery as the two spacecraft begin their relative separation.

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[Monday, March 30, 2009] Space shuttle Discovery and its crew landed at 3:14 p.m. EDT Saturday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, completing a 13-day journey of more than 5.3 million miles.

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[Monday, March 30, 2009] NASA is updating its media accreditation deadlines for space shuttle Atlantis' STS-125 mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope, targeted to launch May 12.

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[Monday, March 30, 2009] NASA/JSC plans to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) to provide Mission Integration Contract (MIC) support for ongoing engineering and technical services required to support the International Space Station Program.

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[Monday, March 30, 2009] Crew day: Wake 2:00am EDT; sleep 5:30pm. Day 3 of joint E18/19 operations for CDR Fincke, CDR-19 Padalka, FE-1 Lonchakov, FE-1-19 Barratt, FE-2 Wakata, and SFP Simonyi. Underway: Week 23 of Increment 18 (last).

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[Monday, March 30, 2009] A $2.5 billion spending provision that would allow NASA to fly the space shuttle well beyond its scheduled retirement next year cleared a major legislative hurdle today, according to U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson.

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